Numbers don’t lie. The problems in the overnight lending market are more than TWICE as bad as they were in the second half of 2008.

Numbers don't lie. The problems in the overnight lending market are more than TWICE as bad as they were in the second half of 2008. Where's Kevin Bacon? Let's get him in uniform to lead the "All is well!!!" chorus. $SPX $TNX pic.twitter.com/I9HFTwX1UV — Blueshirt Advisers (@blueshirt_omaha) December 5, 2019 Year-end rate risk #2-Fed doesn't … Read more

I don’t think the velocity of the slowdown from the early 2018 peak is well appreciated.

The growth rate in core factory orders is pinned at stall speed. I don't think the velocity of the slowdown from the early 2018 peak is well appreciated. pic.twitter.com/pXWSUw5dYK — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) December 5, 2019 Core durable goods new orders have slowed from 10% to 0% growth. Still no signs of the economic "air … Read more

Poop And Farts! You Won’t Believe What Americans Are Buying For Their Children This Holiday Season…

by Michael Snyder I don’t do many articles about toys, but when I learned about the disgusting toys that many Americans are buying for their children this year, I just had to comment.  Look, I certainly understand that normal bodily functions can be funny sometimes, and it is not wrong to laugh about them once … Read more

U.S. Farmers Struggling Under Rigged Markets…Trade Deal Unlikely, Won’t Help | Brian Ochsner

Brian Ochsner interviewed by Half Dollar of Silver Doctors Farmer & Marketing Strategist Brian Ochsner sat down with Silver Doctors on Thursday for a robust discussion on farming in America. How are U.S. farmers doing in the face of a trade war, highly financialized markets and a loss of competitiveness in the global marketplace? Some of the … Read more

Donald Trump is the worst NWO puppet in history!

by smurfin101   Trump: US Robbed By ‘Elite’ He ‘Used to Be’ Part Of (2016) Said he will drop the US from the TPP (which he did) Said he will hold foreign countries accountable for breaking trade laws (which he did) Said he will renegotiate NAFTA (which he did) Said he will called out china for being a … Read more

1.5 per cent of rats in L.A. now carry Bubonic plague

via thetruthseeker: Los Angeles’ head of homelessness is resigning after presiding over a 33% increase in homelessness over the course of just five years. Peter Lynn, head of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority, announced that he would leave at the end of the year, with the LAHSA having splashed out a total of more than … Read more

Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room?

https://twitter.com/RobMeyer9/status/1202651571663687680 "Algos: Thresholds at 3,100 for the S&P500, 1.90% for 10yr UST yields; If CTAs move to "sell everything", it could prompt risk-parity funds to deleverage."-Nomura — Mako Management (@mako_management) December 5, 2019

Interesting Craigslist housing scam

by FossilizedUsername​   I’m trying to rent an apartment for the upcoming year and encountered a craigslist scam that is slightly more ambitious than the typical “take your deposit and run” variety. Here is the body of the email: This is to acknowledge the receipt of your completed application form for [the relevant address]. The … Read more

Aramco: Joke of an IPO

by ScotchBrandyBourbon   They are pricing it at $1.7 trillion. But this is a super inflated number. They are only selling 1.5% of the company. If they had to sell 30-40% of the company the price would be much lower. They couldn’t even get a decent offer from USA/Euro investors. This IPO is 100% domestic/regional. … Read more

Trump – Impeach me fast so I can murder you in Senate trial…

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat…-house?amp President Trump said Thursday that if House Democrats are going to impeach him they should do it “now” and “fast” so he can have a “fair” trial in the Republican-controlled Senate. In a series of tweets, Trump also said he wanted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and … Read more

Not Just Deutsche Bank! Germany Heading To Economic Collapse & Stock Market CRASH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxtz3DoxxRk   Shocking video about the economic collapse of Germany and Deutsche Bank Collapse! Germany’s economic indicators across the board are shrinking. And with Merkel masking a massive tax raise as a political cave to the rising Greens party, the future for Germany’s economic growth looks terrible. Germany is a Dead Economy Walking. The implosion … Read more

Bailing out its crybaby-cronies on Wall Street, even when there isn’t a crisis.

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The total amount of repurchase agreements (“repos”) on the Fed’s balance sheet as of December 4, released today, declined over the past month to $209 billion, from $215 billion a month ago. These repos included: $70 billion in overnight repos, issued on Wednesday morning that unwound today; all prior overnight repos had already unwound. … Read more